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>> Welcome back to the Azure Enablement Show
and our series on learning resources.
I am April Edwards,
your host for the series.
Now, we'll continue our tour of resources
ready to help you become a better Azure professional.
So without further ado,
let's head off to our first destination.
>> Our next stop is at video series.
>> My name is Isaac Levin,
Senior Product Marketing Manager in Azure Marketing at Microsoft.
>> How do the video series help people get started in tech?
>> One of a great learning destination
for folks getting started in tech
is all the video channels that
we have on top of YouTube and Channel 9.
There's all sorts of videos that we can take a look at,
whether it be Microsoft Azure,
Azure Developer, or Visual Studio.
Those allow us to get all sorts of granularity as it
pertains to video content for different levels of skill.
>> Why should IT pros go to the video series?
>> One of the great video series that we have for
IT professionals is Azure Tips and Tricks,
which gives you very,
very small video segments on how to
do a lot of amazing things inside of Azure.
>> How can an IT Pro engage with
video series like Azure Tips and Tricks?
>> One thing that's really, really
amazing about Azure Tips and Tricks is
that not only do we have all these amazing video segments,
but all these videos come with accompanying blogs.
So in a situation where you feel more
comfortable reading versus viewing,
you have that capability as well.
Since one of the great things about
Azure Tips and Tricks is that they are so small,
and they're, I guess you could call them, snackable,
is you have the ability to watch multiple of them in a given day.
You have the ability to,
hey, I need to look at this particular tip.
Oh, there's a related tip as
well that might help me down the road.
>> How can the video series help IT pros to succeed?
>> I want all of our IT pros across
technology to be 100 percent
aware of some of the videos that we offer,
including Azure Tips and Tricks,
and the reason why is because it's going to
help not just you right now, but you in the future.
>> Coming up. We go to Microsoft OpenHack.
>> Hi. I'm Tristan Gorringe
and I'm a Program Manager within Commercial Software Engineering
looking after the OpenHack program for Microsoft.
>> When someone goes to OpenHacks for the first time,
what do they find there and how did they get started?
>> Microsoft OpenHack is a hands-on, challenge-based,
deeply technical upskilling experience
where development teams progress through
increasingly difficult challenges based on
real-world customer scenarios designed
to mimic the development journey.
When teams join an OpenHack,
they're typically comprised of five participants and one coach,
where they are formed at the very beginning of each OpenHack.
Each team will act as its own dev crew, if you will.
Each one complementing each other's skillsets
and experience so that they can complete
each challenge based on the success criteria
defined all with the coach guiding them along the way.
Teams are assigned a shared login
to access the OpenHack classroom where gated challenges
are presented both with
success criteria and additional resources
for them to complete each challenge.
Each participant will receive
their own unique login to
access a pre-provisioned set of resources,
whether that be an Azure or other related services,
so that they can then go complete each one of
those challenges or tasks at hand.
Teams who successfully complete
an OpenHack will ultimately be able to demonstrate
their new learnings with all their skills
and workloads in their daily environments.
>> Why should IT pros get involved with OpenHacks?
>> IT pros in adjacent technical role should
really consider participating in an OpenHack given it
is the premiere upskilling experience where you apply
existing skills to solve
real-world challenges found in your industry today.
>> How should IT pros get started with OpenHacks?
>> As an IT professional, to get started,
you'll want to first sign up for an OpenHack
by visiting openhack.Microsoft.com or
contact your Microsoft Account Rep.
One thing that will make you feel
right at home when participating in OpenHack
is by making it a team experience.
Invite your fellow IT pros to upskill alongside of you,
to go through that OpenHack,
so then as a team you can bring
that experience back to your organization.
>> How can IT pros get the most from OpenHacks?
>> As an IT pro,
when participating in OpenHack,
it's important to come prepared.
In advance, we provide you with
suggested learning courses and
toolings to come better prepared with.
Participants who typically do the pre-work
really do have an edge and get the
most out of the OpenHack experience.
>> What is one thing that most IT pros
may not know about OpenHacks?
>> One thing most IT pros may not know about
OpenHack is that it is a feedback-driven experience.
All the content, tools,
and resources used during an OpenHack,
participants, like yourself, actually have and are
encouraged to provide actionable feedback
through the OpenHack environment.
We like to say feedback is a gift.
Through a direct feedback loop with the engineering team,
we provide them your feedback,
which helps them improve product offerings and
the technical documentation that you ultimately consume.
>> Our next stop takes us to Microsoft Reactors.
>> Hi. I'm Emily Hove and I have the pleasure of running
the Program Management team for
the Global Reactor Program for Microsoft.
>> When someone goes to Reactors,
how do they get started and what do they find there?
>> Well, the best way to get started with
Reactor is to join our community.
We are found on meetup sites all over the world,
and once you join our community,
you have access to
a wide range of events that are developed by developers,
and they are curated by developers and IT pros
for developers and IT pros.
There's a mix of content,
whether you're just a beginner or
you're more intermediate or advanced in your career.
There's a wide variety of content
delivered by Microsoft professionals,
by our partners, and by third-party communities.
>> Why should IT pros get involved with Reactors?
>> IT professionals should go to Reactors because there's tons of
content to help them advance their skillset.
We've got lots of content delivered by
Microsoft professionals that are IT pros,
and we want to share and impart that knowledge to everyone.
>> How should IT pros get started with Reactors?
>> It's so easy for an IT pro to get started with the Reactor.
All you need to do is go to one of
our meetup sites and join our community,
and then you have access to a huge calendar of events
that has lots of different topics
and subject areas that IT pros are interested in.
>> Are there any tips for IT pros around Reactors?
>> If there's a particular topic or
subject area that an IT pro is interested in,
it's definitely located on our website.
We have things that are specifically dedicated to DevOps,
and so it's so easy for an IT pro to get started
and find topics that are very much of interest to them.
>> What's one thing most IT pros might not know about Reactors?
>> IT professionals probably don't know that we
have a wide variety of content in the Reactors
that is developed by IT pros specifically aimed to
helping IT pros continue developing their skills.
>> The stop of the tour,
we go to Flagship Events.
>> Hi there. My name is Ed Donahue
and I am a Senior Content Experience Manager,
which means that all of
the content that you see at some of our events,
I help that come to life.
>> What are Flagship Events
and how do people get started with them?
>> When someone comes to one of our major events,
in one of our online events,
which used to be our largest in-person events,
things like Microsoft Ignite or Microsoft Build,
the very first thing you should do as an attendee is register.
This will get you access to some of
our really cool attendee tools that you
can use throughout the event and will
also allow you to start building your schedule so that
you make sure that you don't miss
any sessions that you're interested in.
>> Why should IT pros go to the Flagship Events?
>> As an IT professional,
you should definitely be signing up
for some of our Flagship Events like
Microsoft Ignite because we will be
having some of our larger product announcements,
big news will be shared,
and any further announcements that can really help
you in your work right now.
>> How should IT pros get started with the Flagship Events?
>> Of course, the very first thing you should do is register.
By registering, you get access to all of
our attendee tools like the ability to build
your schedule and to start adding
things into your digital backpack.
When you add things into your digital backpack,
which is one of the coolest features that hopefully
can make you feel right at home
and like you're at an in-person event,
you can later download your backpack so that you have all of
those sessions and resources at
your fingertips to view and consume later.
>> Is there any content at Flagship Events
that IT pros should pay particular attention to?
>> As an IT pro,
I feel like you might get
some really great value from some of our Connection Zone sessions.
I particularly love our Ask the Experts sessions.
They tie really closely to our featured sessions.
If you go to a featured session and you realize that you have
some further questions or you want to dig a little
bit deeper into some of the topics,
you can head to our Ask the Experts sessions and actually
ask Microsoft experts more questions about those topics.
>> How do the Flagship Events fit into
the IT pro learning journey?
>> As an IT pro,
we know that you're constantly learning
and constantly trying new things.
The way Flagship Events can fit into that is that they
provide a great way to be inspired and to
learn about the latest products and
the latest releases that can help you in your day-to-day work.
Once you've learned about those,
we provide a bunch of resources that you can take
with you to continue your learning journey after the event ends.
>> What is one thing most IT pros
might not know about the Flagship Events?
>> One thing that I think a lot of attendees,
and IT pros included,
don't know about our events
is that you can have a digital backpack where you put in sessions,
speakers, resources that you can download later.
After the event, all of our sessions are available on-demand.
If you've gone to Microsoft Ignite and you really loved
some of our sessions and you want to share them
with your colleagues or coworkers
or you either want to go back and rewatch them yourself,
you can do that because they're all
on-demand for you after the events.
>> I hope you've enjoyed our tour across Azure Learning Resources.
If you're looking to engage with any of
the resources we visit in this video,
please check the text in this video's description.
Enjoy your learning and see you next time.
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